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Originally Posted by PatriotNews
1) I believe life begins at conception because each fertilized human embryo is a unique genetic design for a human being. If left alone it will grow into a person, be born and enjoy all the things which being alive brings to you and me. I do not believe that anyone, not even the mother, should be allowed to prevent this person from having the opportunity to live.
2) There are a plethora of contraceptive methods especially in this day and age. Most women who become pregnant have chosen to have sex without employing any of these methods.
3) A minority of women conceive as a result of rape or incest or coercion. The resulting embryo or fetus was not a party to the decision as to how it was conceived. Do you think that is appropriate that we punish the children for the sins of their fathers?
4) Legal abortion is not safe. Many say if we make abortion illegal, there will be back alley abortions and many women will die. Since Roe vs. Wade, the numbers of abortions have skyrocketed. So many women have died due to complications of legal abortions; it may exceed the number of deaths due illegal abortions. Many states have never kept statistics on it. Others states that did have been pressured to stop keeping the statistics by the abortion lobby; and the CDC and the National Center for Health Statistics have been pressured by the democrats in congress to re-categorize these deaths as complications of pregnancy or surgery or even natural causes or other things. Most are never reported.
5) Many women experience regret, remorse and post abortion syndrome as a result of having abortions.
http://afterabortion.com/
This is one of many support groups.
6) I have met or seen many women on TV who had thought about having an abortion and didn't, even women who were victims of rape. I have yet to hear one mother say, "I wish I had gotten my child aborted".

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1. I see life starting outside the womb. It starts at birth in my mind.
2. Both women and men should be responsible for guarding against unwanted pregnancy. Some religions frown on any of these methods. A woman from this background may struggle with the idea of contraceptives. This could present a problem because most of those religions also frown on abortion.
Men should also be responsible for unwanted pregnancy and i think many are not.
3. Rape and incest to me are just a subgroup under unwanted pregnancy. The woman has to make the choice. There is no child to be punished. It is a fetus and has no choice.
4. The question of safety I would need to see statistics from a reliable source.
5. Because some women have regrets it should be outlawed. We are now legislating feelings. Some woman experience emotional problems after normal birth. PPD.
6. I'm sure you haven't seen any. That is not a reason though to take away a woman's right to choose.
If I were ever in this situation I would struggle making the choice for my own life. But i would be glad to have that ability.